Heading support



April 26, 1938. E. STRUBE HEADING SUPPORT Filed July 16, 1937 WITNESSES5 R Y 0% E T L N T m Wm w Is A M W Patented Apr. 26, 1938 UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE READING SUPPORT Emma Strube, New York, N. Y.

Application July 16, 1937, Serial No. 154,004

4 Claims.

This invention relates to heading supports and particularly to animproved support for curtains, draperies and the like whereby they maybe properly held in position.

An object of the invention is to provide a heading support which may bereadily applied to curtains, draperies and the like and which willfunction to not only hold the curtains in proper position but at variouselevations as may be desired by the operator.

Another object of the invention is to provide a heading supportutilizing an apertured folded strip of fabric for receiving at differentheights a hook or similar supporting member.

Another object of the invention is to provide a heading support whichutilizes an apertured supporting folded strip of fabric which may beused in connection with a hook or in connection with a looped wireassociated with a ringan hook.

In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of part of a window frame with a portion ofa curtain having an embodiment of the invention applied thereto;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged front view of a heading support in positionillustrating the embodiment of the invention shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view through Fig. 2 approximately on the line 3-3;

0 line 4---4;

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a support embodying the invention beforeit has been applied to the curtain;

Fig. 6 is an elevation of a. modified form of supporting hook to thatshown in Fig. 3, the same being illustrated in connection with a bar.

Referring to the accompanying drawing by numerals, l indicates a windowframe or other part of a building to which is secured a curtain pole 2of any desired kind. The pole 2 is adapted to support the curtains ordraperies 3 and in order to properly support these members at a desiredelevation there has been provided a special heading'support 4 coactingwith a hook 5 which hooks over the pole 2. The hook 5 has acomparatively long stem 6 bent back upon itself at 'I to form the returnbar 8. The support 4 is a folded piece of fabric as shown in Fig. 5 andis formed with a number of apertures 9 at the point of folding. A lineof stitching I0 is spaced a short distance from, the apertures and bythis means there is provided a tubular formation for the reception ofthe return bar 8 of hook 5.

As shown in Fig. 1 the hook 5 is associated with Fig. 4 is a sectionalview through Fig. 2 on the the center aperture 9 but it could beassociated with the top aperture or the bottom aperture according to theheight at which the curtains 3 are to be hung. It will also be evidentthat more or less apertures 9 could be used without departing from thespirit of the invention. When the support 4 is to be applied thecurtains 3 are provided with the usual folds I l or any other desiredfolds and the web portion l2 of the support 4 is inserted into the foldand stitched in place by the stitching 13 as shown in Fig. 4. It will benoted that the stitching l3 not only holds the various folds II in placebut holds the support 4 in correct position. After the support 4 hasbeen secured to the curtain the various hooks 5 are ap plied and thenthese hooks are. placed over the pole 2.- If the curtain should be hungin this manner at too great an elevation or too low an elevation thehooks may be adjusted along the support 4 until the desired elevation issecured.

In Fig. 6 a slightly modified form of hook 5' is presented wherein thereturn bar 8' is much longer than bar B'and also wherein the hookportion is bent at l4 so as to readily receive a small eye in a largering.

I claim:

1. The combination with a curtain having a folded portion, of a foldedpiece of fabric fitting between the folds of said curtain with the lineof folding projecting from one surface of the curtain presenting atubular formation, stitching for connecting said fabric to said curtainso that said tubular formation will be on the face of said curtain, anda hook having a U-shaped shank positioned so that one part of the shankwill extend into said tubular formation and the other part exteriorthereof.

2. A heading support including a folded strip of fabric presenting atubular formation along the line of folding, said strip being providedwith a row of apertures along said tubular formation, means for securingsaid strip of fabric to a curtain so that said apertures will be exposedon the face of the curtain, and a curtain pole receiving hook having ashank formed to extend through one of said apertures so that the shankwill be in said tubular formation and the other part exterior thereof.

3. In a device of the character described, the combination with acurtain having a plurality of folded parts, a heading strip for each ofsaid folded parts, each of said heading strips being formed as a foldedpiece of fabric having at the line of folding a tubular formation and aline of stitching spaced back from said line of folding arrangedparallel with the line of folding, a second line of stitching parallelwith the first-mentioned line of stitching for connecting the foldedstrips of fabric in the folds of said curtain so that said tubularformation will be on the face of said ourtain, and a hook for each ofsaid strips of fabric, each of said hooks having a shank extending intosaid tubular formation.

4. A heading support including a piece of folded fabric, means spacedfrom and parallel to the line of folding for connecting portions of thefabric together so that the portion of the fabric adjacent said line offolding will present a tubular formation, and a hook having a shankpositioned in said tubular formation for supporting said folded fabric.

EMIMA STRUBE.

